"There is actually an ambush from Liangshan here?" Wanyan Aguda was surprised.
In the darkness, Wanyan Aguda could not tell how many Liangshan troops were ahead. He did not dare to take risks. He immediately ordered the army to leave here and continue to move towards the north.
The rain was still pouring down, and the Jurchen army was running away in panic. They walked 20 miles north and came to another road. Their spies were already galloping towards that direction. Who knew the spies were coming?
After arriving there, they encountered an ambush from Liangshan. Wanyan Agu couldn't figure out the situation, but he was still unwilling to rush forward, so he led the soldiers forward.
By the time we reached the third road, it was already more than 50 miles away. What was ambushing here was 10,000 soldiers led by Sun Li himself! This time, Sun Li actually led his men to rush out. The Jurchens have never been able to attack again until now.
Unable to withstand the war of attrition, Wanyan Aguda led his troops away without any hesitation. Sun Li pursued them for a while, but unfortunately he was an infantryman and could not catch up with the Jurchen army no matter what.
"Your Majesty, Liangshan has blocked our way to the west, so we can only go all the way north." Wanyan Hanben said with some worry.
"Now we can only take one step at a time! No matter how many troops there are in Liangshan, they will not be able to block all the roads going west. There must be roads ahead." Wanyan Agu shook his head and said.
As a result, until it was almost dawn, they could no longer find a way to go west. That night, they could often hear the sound of horse hooves coming from a distance, which was the sound made by Luan Tingyu's Fourth Army in pursuit.
, this made the Jurchens frightened, and they could only keep moving forward.
At dawn, not only were there no roads to the west, but there were also no roads to the north. There were patches of forest in front of us, with no end in sight.
"Your Majesty, what should I do?" Wanyan Han asked.
"Let's go in!" Wanyan Aguda gritted his teeth and said.
He has never been to this forest, so he doesn't know what is in this forest. But there are soldiers chasing him, so he can only go here now.
The Jurchen army entered the primeval forest, and they had to be careful here. At noon, a large open space suddenly appeared in front of them. The Jurchens were overjoyed. They thought they had walked out of the forest. Unexpectedly, they walked away in the open space.
After some distance, they saw the forest in the distance again.
There is a small river in the forest. The Jurchen army, from men to horses, is exhausted and hungry. Countless war horses are already drinking water by the river. Even the Jurchens have jumped off their horses and started looking for water.
"Get up! Get up quickly! There are enemies ahead!" Many Jurchen soldiers had already squatted down. At this moment, a captain's anxious voice rang out, but before those Jurchen soldiers could stand up, there were already people on the opposite side.
Countless bows and arrows are coming!
"Quick! Quick, chase them!" The captain was furious. He led hundreds of soldiers across the river and headed to the opposite side. But by the time they reached the opposite side, the ambush over there had long disappeared.
"Your Majesty, there is an ambush in Liangshan in this forest, what should we do now?" Wanyan Hanben ran to Wanyan Aguda's side with sweating profusely to report.
"It's just a small group of ambush troops, nothing to worry about! But... if there are more ambush troops, it will be difficult for us to deal with it! We don't want to go forward, let's go west or east. If we go west... Liangshan may intercept
We, let’s go east, this time it will definitely be beyond Liangshan’s expectations, we will definitely be able to escape.” Wanyan Aguda thought for a while and said.
"Your Majesty is wise!" Wanyan Hanben also thought for a while and said excitedly.
At that moment, the Jurchens actually headed east. They had been walking all morning and still had not left the forest. The environment of this forest was very complex. Large open spaces often appeared in the forest, and sometimes a valley suddenly appeared.
Many soldiers suddenly fell and were shattered to pieces, and sometimes hills appeared.
Moreover, even if they went east, they would still encounter a small group of ambushes from Liangshan. So the Jurchens changed their path again, and they still went north, where there were also ambushes.
It was the same in the afternoon, with constant ambushes, and these ambushes disappeared quickly after a wave of bows and arrows. They did not stay at the same place at all, and the Jurchens could not catch up. The weapons used by these ambushes were very different from those of the regular Liangshan army.
There are no divine arm crossbows at all, some bows and arrows are standard military weapons, and some look like weapons used by civilians for hunting.
The Jurchens were tired and hungry, but no one dared to stop at this moment. Although the scale of the ambush they encountered here was very limited, no one knew whether there would be a large ambush here. Moreover, Liangshan's cavalry might
They were still following behind them, which also made them dare not stay.
That night, when they were walking in the forest, the crows of crows kept coming from the surrounding trees, which made the Jurchen soldiers feel very ominous.
"We must get out as soon as possible." Wanyan Aguda said impatiently.
These days of continuous fighting, although on the surface they are evenly matched, and even the casualties in Liangshan are greater than that of the Jurchens, Wanyan Aguda knows that he has lost. The constant defeats make it difficult for him to calm down, and at this moment he also
I can't think of a good way to deal with the situation at hand.
"After I break out of here, I will return to the deep mountains and old forests in the north. I will definitely gather all the savages and avenge those dead men!" Wanyan Aguda secretly swore.
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At this moment, on a hill to the east of the dense forest, Li Gang was standing on it, looking into the distance.
It was still raining lightly in the sky, and Li Gang's clothes were already wet from the rain. When the wind blew, Li Gang couldn't help but shiver.
"Mr. Li, it's night, you can't see anything standing here." At this moment, a general came over from below and said with a smile.
"I'm wondering where the Jurchens went? The forest is too big and our soldiers can't send the news back in time. I don't know if those militiamen are in danger. I'm really worried." Li Gang turned around and said.
"Don't worry, there won't be any problems! This Yuanyang Forest with a radius of hundreds of miles is one of the most dangerous places in Liaodong that was only recently discovered by the Northern Army Corps. The places where our 100,000 militiamen ambush are very secret, and
I told them before that the prerequisite for the attack is to ensure their own safety, and I believe they will be fine," the general said.
"I hope so! Liu Tang, tell me, after this battle, will the Jurchens really be wiped out?" Li Gang said.
It turned out that the general was Liu Tang who was stationed in Goryeo. This time the two of them actually brought the Goryeo militia here and set up an ambush to deal with the Jurchens.
"There should be no problem in annihilating all the Jurchens! There are not many Jurchens left. Hundreds of thousands of people from the Northern Army are chasing them. It is only a matter of time before they are eliminated." Liu Tang said.
"If the Jurchens are eliminated, the north will be peaceful! Shangjing, Zhongjing and other places are good places. After we occupy them, we can develop well." Li Gang said with some excitement.
"Shangjing and Zhongjing are now extremely dilapidated. Not to mention the amount of supplies there, the population there is almost dead! Especially the men, there are not many left! Even if we occupy it, it will not mean much." Liu Tang disagreed.
road.
"If it is dilapidated, it can be rebuilt. If there is no population, we can move here from other places! It is a good place. To the north of Shangjing is the residence of the Mongols, and to the west of Shangjing and Zhongjing is the residence of the Xixia! It is connected in all directions and can communicate with all the border areas.
Carry out trade! In the Liao Kingdom, apart from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, Shangjing and Zhongjing were the most prosperous places. Now we have to build them again!" Li Gang laughed.
"Mr. Li, even if we want to move people there, do we still need people? Now we have a large population in Liangshan, but the construction of Goryeo, Yanyun, Hedong and other places has used up all the population, and we can't find more
"The population of Shangjing and Zhongjing areas, let alone Shangjing and Zhongjing areas, even in Liaodong, has been significantly underpopulated since the Production and Construction Corps went to the Mongolian grasslands," Liu Tang said.
"There are still people in the Song Dynasty. We can attract the population of the Song Dynasty to Liaodong, Shangjing and Zhongjing." Li Gang said with a smile.
He was very excited. Shangjing and Zhongjing were the first and second capitals of the Liao Kingdom, followed by Yanjing, followed by Yanjing by Xijing and Datong, and finally Tokyo and Liaoyang. The city of Shangjing and Zhongjing was very large.
, there was also a large population in the earliest days. Those places were originally grasslands for grazing in the Khitan era, but they have
After more than two hundred years of development, there is already a lot of arable land near Shangjing and Zhongjing, which is suitable for growing crops. The Han people are a typical farming nation, and Li Gang himself regards farming as a symbol of civilization. He feels that these places cannot be allowed to grow again.
It was deserted. In his opinion, the future development of Shangjing and Zhongjing will be more important than Liaodong.
He was thinking about these things here, while the Jurchen army was still trudging forward in the Mandarin Duck Forest.
A full seven days have passed. During these seven days, the Jurchen army suffered countless ambushes. However, each ambush had little impact on the Jurchens, and the damage to the Jurchens was very limited. On the contrary, because of the complex environment in the forest, many Jurchens fell into
Being in a deep ditch or quagmire will cause greater damage to the Jurchens.
Originally there were more than 30,000 Jurchens, but now there are only more than 25,000 left. Moreover, these 25,000 people are hungry and exhausted to the extreme. They originally also brought some military rations, but after passing
After so many days, the army rations have long been used up. Even Wanyan Aguda, he hasn't had anything to eat for two days.
"When will this forest end?" Wanyan Aguda asked secretly.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers just killed a deer, and they dedicated this deer meat to you!" Wanyan Hanben rode over and handed a large piece of meat into Wanyan Aguda's hand.
But this meat is raw meat. In the past, when the Jurchens were still in the deep mountains and old forests, it was nothing to eat raw meat alive when they were hungry. Wanyan Aguda used to eat raw meat alive when he was a boy. But now, this meat has been put to the end.
Wanyan Agu felt like vomiting from the beating in Yan Agu's hands. He had been the emperor for almost ten years. Although he often went to war, his daily life was already rich and luxurious. After living such a life, it was almost impossible to return to hardship.
It's possible.
Wanyan Aguda gritted his teeth. He tore off a small piece of meat, slowly put it into his mouth, chewed hard, and forced himself to eat it. He didn't know how far the journey ahead was, but now he had to
Replenish physical strength.
While he was eating here, cheers suddenly came from the front.
"What happened?" Wanyan Aguda was stunned and asked.
At this time, several soldiers came over on horseback, and one soldier loudly said: "Your Majesty, we are out, we are out!"
"Going out? Are you really going out? Could it be that you saw it wrong again?" Wanyan Aguda said in disbelief.
"We are really out! There is a plain ahead!" Several soldiers shouted excitedly.
"Hurry!" Wanyan Aguda shouted, and he rode away first, followed by countless soldiers following him.
Sure enough, after walking for more than ten miles, a plain appeared in front of him, and he could not see the edge at a glance. At this time, Wanyan Aguda also confirmed that he had gone out.
"There is no end to the road! I, Wanyan Aguda, will definitely rise again!" Wanyan Aguda couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar.
There are still some clouds in the sky at this moment, and it seems that it may rain today. Wanyan Aguda is in a very good mood. He leads the army to move forward, hoping to get to a safe place first.
Little did he know that as soon as they appeared here, there were already countless small dots on the plain heading into the distance. Those small dots were all soldiers, but they were too far away for the Jurchen army to see them clearly.